Well so here I am at the end of the road Where do I go from here? I always figured it would be like this Still nothing seems to be quite clear

After the classical instrumental "Nocturne" seems to close out the album, "Got To Begin Again" appears like a coda or epilogue. Billy has just finished his first album, poured his heart and soul into this culmination of his life experience to date . . . now what? It's a question many musicians face after their initial work, which often explains why many suffer a sophomore slump with their second album. It's a theme Billy would explore later in 1982's "Where's The Orchestra" from The Nylon Curtain, which some consider his most ambitious album.

At the same time, the lyrics to "Got To Begin Again" can be interpreted as post-breakup song. The protagonist has just broken up ﻿with his lover, and now he has to begin again but he does not know where to start. He was "dreamin' of tomorrow so [he] sacrificed today" and now that it's over, perhaps due to his inattention to the relationship, he is lost. It's an underrated song, one of the better ones from Cold Spring Harbor, and an appropriate way to close a debut album.

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